Submitting image to Laravel 5.5 via post request with API Blueprint - php

Question

Trying to do something pretty simple but just need a bit of specific knowledge to get it to work.
I'm trying to submit an image in a post request to a post route in Laravel 5.5.
While retrieving a file from a request is easy with something like $file = $request->file('filename');,
Which will work with a html5 form that uploads a file and submits it to that route, what I am trying to do is upload a file via an API Blueprint.
I've unsuccessfully tried looking for the exact post data structure Laravel expects in order for a file to be retrieved with $file = $request->file('filename');,
Which I'm guessing is a standard, yet I have been unable to find an example of it as an API Blueprint.
If anyone has any pointers or suggestions, it would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

submit an image in a post request to a post route in Laravel 5.5 use this code:
$imageTempName = $userdata->file('image_media')->getPathname();
$imageName = $userdata->file('image_media')->getClientOriginalName();
I think you need to try this process for upload file into the database within the directory using Laravel 5.
<?php
public static function upload_file(Request $userdata){
$imageTempName = $userdata->file('image_media')->getPathname();
$imageName = $userdata->file('image_media')->getClientOriginalName();
$path = base_path() . '/public/uploads/images/';
$userdata->file('image_media')->move($path , $imageName);
$data=array('media'=>$imageName);
$insert=with(new UserModel)->uploadFile($data);
}
?>